It is the city council's first step in a multiparty negotiation that will likely transform the center's function and the city's entire tourism strategy.

But first, the city wants to clarify the various agreements and contracts surrounding the building itself. The county's tourism council built the visitors center and dictates its use but handed ownership of the building over to the city. The Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce occupies the building rent-free and receives funds – $146,768 last year – from the city and Clackamas County to operate the center.

Confusion surrounding who was responsible for fixing a leaking roof inside the visitors center last summer sparked the city to conduct a financial review, which revealed center funds were used to pay half of chamber CEO Steve Gilmore's salary and other expenses.

In addition, the county's tourism council found it cost $13 per visitor to run the center, double to quadruple the per-visitor cost of other centers, Wilsonville city manager Bryan Cosgrove wrote in a report to the council.

The employee failed to update the building department system that calculates fees paid by home builders when new rates went into effect four years ago. The mistake was discovered in December.

Since then, the city failed to collect nearly $800,000 in transportation systems development charges. The money is used to pay for road improvements to accommodate additional traffic generated by new construction.

Milwaukie: As a marine biologist, and a veteran of some 800 research dives, Thom Young had heard quite a bit about the Pacific Ocean's "garbage patch," the quiet spots in the North Pacific Gyre where plastic accumulates amid rotating currents.

The crew sampled the ocean for plastic over 36 days and 2,600 nautical miles, sailing and motoring from San Diego to Honolulu on the Sea Education Association's 134-foot research vessel. They used plankton nets, dip nets, visual surveys and water sampling to track plastics in a thin transect of the gyre.

In Eugene, Voeller will join his brother Dallen who was a walk-on tight end for the Ducks. Voeller said he anticipates redshirting his freshman year, but welcomes the opportunity to compete for playing time right away. Despite playing exclusively offensive tackle in high school, Voeller said he may move to one of the inside linemen positions at Oregon depending on where he fits best.